Thanks for that thought about Hoboken.  It looks like easy access to the
New Jersey Central rail, that went through Newark and on to Orange.  I
still have no clear answer on how Twain and Cable transfered from the
New York and New Haven line, which terminated at what is now called the
CSX Oak Point Yard near Port Morris.  This is still on the northeast
side of the Harlem River.  I assume but have not found any information
on commuter rail service the length of Manhattan Island, all the way the
Barclay Street and what is today the World Financial Center Terminal.

All this, of course, assumes they took the New York and New Haven Line
train.  I have found digital geographic files of railway routes that can
be imported directly into Google Maps.  I'm curious to see just how much
of the Twain-Cable tour can be precisely mapped.

On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 16:06 -0400, Joseph Csicsila wrote:
> Scott, 
> 
> See p. 859 in vol. 1 of Fears' Mark Twain Day B y Day . Fears refers to MTNJ 2: 506, which indicates that the Clemens family traveled from Elmira to New York City through the Delaware, Lakawanna, and Western depot in Hoboken, NJ. Passengers apparently needed to ferry from the depot to New York City. 
> 
> Joe 
> 
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> From: "Joseph Csicsila" <[log in to unmask]> 
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> Sent: Friday, May 8, 2015 3:45:48 PM 
> Subject: Re: The route from New Haven to Orange, NJ in 1884 
> 
> My recollection is that when Twain and his family traveled from Hartford to Elmira for the summer, they would often take a train to New York City, spend a night or two, take a ferry across the river, and then continue to Elmira by train. So if that were the case, it would make sense to me that Twain would likely do something similar traveling from New Haven to Orange? 
> 
> I'll try to locate where I read that and pass it along. 
> 
> Joe Csicsila 
> 
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> From: "Scott Holmes" <[log in to unmask]> 
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> Sent: Friday, May 8, 2015 3:26:22 PM 
> Subject: The route from New Haven to Orange, NJ in 1884 
> 
> Mark Twain and George Cable were in New Haven, CT November 5, 1884 then 
> Orange, NJ November 6. I assume they traveled by train. I cannot find 
> a route between the two places. In 1884, I can find only two methods 
> for a train to cross the Hudson River, the Maiden Lane Bridge at Albany 
> and the Communipaw Ferry, but the ferry does not seem to have any 
> connecting points with the New York New Haven railway line. 
> 
> If there any railroad buffs on Twain-L, I'd appreciate help with this 
> question.